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A normal American wouldn't have time to read all of those bills and find out how his or her representative is voting.
普通美國人是沒有時間閱讀所有這些法案，并弄清楚他或她的眾議員是如何投票的。
That would be a full-time job!
這可是個全職工作！
Fortunately, many organizations try to gather (or collect) this information, summarize it (or say the most important ideas in fewer words), and share that information with voters, so that they can make informed decisions.
所幸的是，許多組織會努力收集、總結（用較少的文字表達最重要的思想）這些信息并與選民分享，這樣他們就可以作出合理的決定。
Some groups provide biographical information (or information about a person's life) about representatives, as well as their voting records (or a list of how a person has voted on all decisions during a certain period of time).
一些組織提供眾議員的履歷（某人的人生歷程資料），以及他們的投票記錄（在某一段特定時間內(nèi)，某人關于所有決定的投票列表）。
People can quickly read this information to determine how well their representative is representing them.
人們能快速閱讀這些信息，決定他們眾議員代表他們的程度如何。
The website for the U.S. House of Representatives provides the roll call votes, or lists of how representatives have voted over time.
美國眾議院網(wǎng)站提供唱名表決名單，或者說是眾議員們一直以來是如何進行投票的名單。
However, the other organizations make this information easier to understand, because they also explain what the votes mean for each bill and show changes in a representative's votes over time.
然而，其它組織會讓這樣的信息更加通俗易懂，因為他們還會解釋這些投票對每個法案意味著什么并表明隨著時間的推移，眾議員們的投票變化。
Many people study the voting records published by these organizations before they decide who they want to vote for.
許多人在投票之前都會研究這些組織公布的投票記錄。
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